Due to physical changes caused by water releases from Lower Buck Lake Dam, the lake is comprised of three sections: Wood Lake, Wood Canal and Little Wood Lake. Rainbow fishing is generally good in the lake, fly fishing is excellent in the canal and in Little Wood Lake. Rainbow trout up to 15 inches caught in the canal. The waters are self-sustaining. Good camp sites, fair supply of firewood, little or no stock feed.

Aspen Meadow Pack Station operates in the Stanislaus National Forest and Emigrant Wilderness under permit from theU.S. Forest Service.